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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Sally and the women of Philadelphia raise donations to sew new shirts for the troops?
(a) November 1778.
(b) December 1778.
(c) December 1779.
(d) November 1779.

2. What did Benjamin Franklin say the middle class had few of?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Historians.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Scientists.

3. When did Benjamin Franklin travel to Quebec?
(a) March 1775.
(b) May 1775.
(c) April 1776.
(d) March 1776.

4. Who were Benjamin Franklin's commissioners?
(a) Arthur Bancroft and Silas Deane.
(b) Madame Chaumont and Silas Deane.
(c) Silas Deane and Arthur Lee.
(d) Arthur Lee and Arthur Bancroft.

5. What does Walter Isaacson say wasn't a straight path for Benjamin Franklin?
(a) Becoming a soldier.
(b) Becoming a rebel.
(c) Being a prisoner.
(d) Being an interrogator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the little story that Benjamin Franklin wrote to explain his personality?

2. Who did historians learn was a spy for the British?

3. When was the provisional treaty for the end of the war?

4. Who was king of France at the time of Benjamin Franklin's visit?

5. Where were Burgoyne and his forces defeated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Franklin's function at the convention, according to "Chapter Sixteen"?

2. What did Franklin inadvertently invent?

3. What did Franklin edit in Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence?

4. What did Franklin begin writing when he stayed with the Shipley family in Twyford, in "Chapter Eleven"?

5. What happened on August 18, 1775, according to "Chapter Twelve"?

6. What did John Adams and Franklin disagree over, in "Chapter Fifteen"?

7. Where did Franklin travel in August 1771 and whom did he meet?

8. What did Franklin forsake on March 20, 1778?

9. What was Franklin the only person to do?

10. What was Franklin not pleased with regarding the turkey?

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